Womens Scrub Tops
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Women's scrub tops at Infectious Clothing Company are sourced from Cherokee, Dickies and Wink — Australia's three most trusted clinical workwear brands — in V-neck, mock wrap, zip-front and printed styles. Sizes XXS–5XL, petite options on selected styles. Authorised Australian distributor since 2001. Free shipping on orders over $250. Same working day dispatch from our Sunshine Coast warehouse.
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Women's Scrub Tops — Built for Every Shift, Every Role
A women's scrub top does a job that most clothing never has to — it has to look professional at the start of a 12-hour shift and still look the part at the end. It has to survive 60°C industrial laundering cycle after cycle without the colour washing out or the fabric losing its shape. It has to carry your phone, your pen, your fob watch and your gloves without the pockets pulling or sagging. And it has to fit properly — not like a unisex box, but shaped for a female body in a clinical environment where how you present matters.
Infectious Clothing Company has supplied women's scrub tops to Australian nurses, doctors, midwives, allied health professionals and clinical support staff since 2001. As the authorised Australian distributor for Dickies, Cherokee and Wink, we source genuine product through official Careismatic channels — which means consistent colours on reorders, verified sizing, and clinical-grade fabrics that perform as advertised.
Sizes XXS to 5XL. Petite options on selected styles. V-neck, mock wrap, zip-front and printed styles across all three brands. All stock held at our Sunshine Coast warehouse for same working day dispatch on orders placed before 1pm AEST. Free shipping on orders over $250 Australia-wide.
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1. Find Your Style · 2. Shop by Brand · 3. Pocket Guide · 4. Colour Guide · 5. For Nurses · 6. By Specialty & Role · 7. Size Guide · 8. FAQs
Find Your Perfect Style
The neckline and cut of your scrub top affects how it sits on your body, how it's perceived in your clinical environment, and whether it's acceptable under your facility's uniform policy. Here's how the main styles compare — and which settings they suit best.
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V-Neck Scrub Tops The universal clinical standard — professional, practical and accepted across every Australian hospital environment. Easy to layer with an underscrub for warmth on cold wards. The most widely worn neckline in Australian nursing. Available across all three brands in women's and men's cuts. If you're unsure where to start, a V-neck is always the right call. |
Mock Wrap Scrub Tops A crossover front panel that creates a shaped, contoured silhouette — flattering across a wider range of body shapes than a straight V-neck. Fully functional with the same pocket layout as standard styles. Popular with nurses in patient-facing roles where a polished, professional appearance is valued alongside clinical function. Available from Cherokee and Wink. |
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Zip-Front Scrub Tops Easy on, easy off — practical for busy clinical environments where you may need to change quickly between patients or procedures. Cherokee Infinity zip-front styles are popular in theatre, ICU and emergency departments. A clean, modern look that sits slightly more casually than a V-neck in hospital ward settings. |
Fitted base layers worn beneath scrub tops for warmth, coverage or modesty. Available in solid clinical colours to sit seamlessly under any style. Popular on night shifts, in air-conditioned wards and in settings where additional coverage is preferred. Pairs particularly well with V-neck and mock wrap scrub tops. |
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Clinical-grade fabrics from Cherokee, Dickies and Wink in animal prints, florals, geometric patterns and seasonal designs. The same durability and laundering performance as solid colour ranges — just with personality. Built for paediatrics, general practice, dental, aged care and vet nursing settings. See the full fun scrubs collection. |
Purpose-designed maternity tops with extra body length, ruched side panels and stretch knit fabrics that accommodate pregnancy through every trimester. Available from Cherokee and Wink in the clinical colours required by most Australian hospital uniform policies. See the full maternity scrubs collection. |
Women's Scrub Tops by Brand
Each brand Infectious stocks serves a distinct clinical need. The right choice depends on your role, shift demands, fabric preference, and whether you're buying individually or managing a team uniform program that requires consistent colour matching on reorders.
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Best for: Hospital wards · Active nursing · Widest colour range Australia's most-worn women's scrub top brand in hospital settings. Cherokee Workwear Professionals WW665 is the most reordered women's clinical top in our range — 4-way stretch, Certainty Antimicrobial treatment, available XXS–5XL in the widest colour palette of any brand we stock. Cherokee Infinity steps up to maximum stretch performance with moisture-wicking for high-demand surgical, emergency and ICU environments. Both carry the full clinical colour range from Navy to Hunter Green to Eggplant. Shop Cherokee Women's Tops → |
Best for: Hospital team uniforms · NSW Health · Colour consistency Dickies EDS Signature 86706 is Australia's benchmark hospital scrub top — cotton-rich, structured, colour-stable through industrial laundering and trusted by hospital ward programs nationally. Approved for NSW Health doctor programs in Hunter Green. Dickies Balance adds a contemporary, tapered fit with 2-way stretch for clinical professionals who want a more polished appearance. The right choice for any facility where uniform colour consistency on reorders is non-negotiable. Shop Dickies Women's Tops → |
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Best for: Long-shift comfort · Pocket functionality · Value Wink is renowned for producing the softest fabrics in clinical workwear — a consistent finding among nurses who wear them on long shifts. Wink W123 6155 leads the range with 7 pockets, including pen loops, a utility loop and deep side pockets — the most functional pocket layout in our entire women's scrub top range. Wink Boundless brings 4-way stretch at a more accessible price point. Both are available XS–5XL. The top choice for nursing students and high-washcycle clinical environments where cost-per-wear matters. Shop Wink Women's Tops → |
Best for: Paediatrics · GP · Dental · Vet · Aged care Australia's best range of printed clinical tops — animal prints, florals, Christmas designs, geometrics and more — on clinical-grade fabrics from Cherokee and Wink. The same construction quality and laundering performance as solid colour ranges, with personality built in. Appropriate in any setting where patterned uniforms are permitted. Over 100 prints in stock at any time. See the full printed scrub tops collection. Shop Printed Tops → |
Pocket Guide — Why It Matters More Than You Think
On a 10-hour nursing shift, the difference between three pockets and seven isn't trivial. Where your chest pocket sits determines whether your pen falls out every time you lean over a patient. Whether your side pocket is deep enough determines whether your phone is secure when you move fast. Whether there's a pen loop determines whether you're fishing around for a pen between patient observations. These are functional considerations that matter every single shift.
| Brand & Style | Pocket Layout |
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| Wink W123 6155 7 pockets |
Chest pocket with pen loop + utility loop, two deep side pockets, additional interior pocket on selected colourways. The most functional pocket layout in women's clinical tops. Built for nurses who carry everything on their person throughout a shift. |
| Cherokee Professionals WW665 4–5 pockets |
Chest pocket with pen loop, two side pockets sized for modern clinical needs, interior pocket on selected colourways. Practical balance of storage and clean silhouette — everything needed for a standard ward shift without excess bulk. |
| Dickies EDS Signature 86706 3–4 pockets |
Chest pocket plus side pockets. Clean, professional appearance suited to hospital team uniforms and colour-coded ward programs where tidy presentation is prioritised. Fewer pockets than W123, but the standard configuration for most NSW Health and hospital group programs. |
| Dickies Balance 3 pockets |
Minimal pocketing for a contemporary, polished look. Best suited to doctors, senior clinicians and allied health practitioners in consult settings where appearance is as important as storage. |
Scrub Top Colours — What Australian Hospitals Use
In Australian hospitals, scrub colour identifies clinical role to patients and colleagues at a glance. The conventions below are the most widely observed across public hospital systems, but they vary significantly between health districts and individual facilities — always check your specific workplace policy before ordering, particularly for team programs.
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Navy — Registered Nurses (RN) across most Australian public hospitals Ceil Blue / Teal — Enrolled Nurses (EN) and AINs in many health districts Eggplant / Purple — Midwives across most Australian maternity wards Hunter Green — Theatre Nurses and NSW Health Doctors |
Black — Aged care, dental, beauty/laser, private hospital and specialist clinics Pewter / Grey — Allied health, physiotherapy, OT and clinical administration Wine / Burgundy — Selected hospital departments; check facility policy Prints — Paediatrics, GP, dental, aged care, vet nursing where permitted |
Women's Scrub Tops for Nurses — What to Look For
The best nursing scrub tops aren't just about looking professional — they need to hold up across 10–12 hour shifts, survive 60°C industrial laundering, and keep you comfortable whether you're on your feet in a busy ward, leaning over patients, running to theatre or moving fast in emergency. Here's what matters most when choosing a nursing scrub top:
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Pocket layout — For most nurses, a minimum of 4 pockets is practical: one chest pocket for your fob watch and pen, two side pockets for gloves, phone and clinical tools, and at least one additional utility pocket. Wink W123 leads the range at 7 pockets. Cherokee Professionals offers 4–5 in a well-positioned clinical layout. Stretch fabric — If your role involves constant movement — theatre, emergency, aged care, high-acuity wards — a 4-way stretch fabric like Cherokee Infinity or Professionals is worth the investment. For primarily desk or consult-based roles, a structured cotton-rich fabric like Dickies EDS holds its shape better and looks more polished. |
Antimicrobial treatment — Cherokee's Certainty Antimicrobial treatment inhibits bacterial growth in the fabric. Worth considering for high-contact clinical environments including emergency, aged care and paediatrics. Available on Cherokee Professionals and Infinity ranges. Colour approval — Always check your health district's uniform policy before ordering. For NSW Health, navy and ceil are most common for nursing staff. See our NSW Health scrubs collection for pre-selected compliant styles. Laundering performance — Clinical scrub tops go through industrial laundering far more frequently than regular clothing. Dickies EDS Signature and Cherokee Professionals are the most colour-stable through repeated high-temp washing in our range. |
Women's Scrub Tops by Healthcare Specialty
Different clinical settings place very different demands on a scrub top. Here's what we recommend by specialty:
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Theatre & Surgical Nursing Cherokee Infinity in Hunter Green or Teal. Maximum 360° stretch for the full range of movement surgical nursing demands. Moisture-wicking and antimicrobial for high-contact scrub environments. Dickies EDS Signature in Hunter Green for NSW Health theatre teams requiring doctor-identification compliance. |
Emergency Department Cherokee Infinity or Cherokee Professionals — 4-way stretch with antimicrobial treatment for high-volume, high-contact ED environments. Navy for RN, Ceil for EN. Multiple pocket layout essential for ED nurses carrying clinical tools on every patient contact. |
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Midwifery Cherokee Professionals or Wink W123 in Eggplant — the conventional midwifery colour across most Australian maternity wards. 4-way stretch recommended for the physical demands of labour support and birth. For pregnant midwives, see the dedicated maternity scrubs collection. |
Paediatric Nursing Solid clinical colours or printed scrub tops — paediatric settings are among the few hospital environments where patterned uniforms are actively encouraged. Animal prints and bright character prints from Cherokee and Wink are popular with children's ward nurses. Check your specific facility's policy on printed uniforms. |
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Dickies EDS Signature or Cherokee Professionals in Black, Navy or Ceil Blue. Comfortable, approachable fabrics suited to personal care roles in residential settings. Soft fabrics like Wink are popular for personal care assistants who work in close physical contact with residents throughout their shift. |
Nursing Students Wink W123 — best value clinical scrub top in the range with the most practical 7-pocket layout. Durable enough for clinical placement, priced for student budgets. Available in all the clinical colours required by most Australian university nursing programs. A single purchase that will serve you from first placement through graduation. |
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Wink W123 or Cherokee Professionals in Black, Navy or Teal. Professional appearance for patient-facing roles, practical pockets for dental tools and consumables. Printed tops are popular in private dental practices where colour coding isn't required. See the dental uniforms collection. |
Cherokee Infinity or Dickies EDS Signature — durable fabrics that handle animal contact and repeated clinical cleaning. Fun printed tops in animal prints are hugely popular in vet clinic settings where personality is encouraged. See the vet scrubs collection for curated styles. |
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Extended sizing to 5XL across Cherokee, Dickies and Wink — curated for fit, not just scaled from standard patterns. Cherokee has the widest plus-size range with XXS–5XL across most colour options. See our dedicated plus size scrubs collection for styles specifically selected for inclusive sizing. |
Cherokee or Wink in Black or Navy for a professional, clinical-adjacent look that fits the aesthetic of private beauty and laser clinic settings. Mock wrap styles are particularly popular in beauty settings for their shaped, polished silhouette. See beauty & laser uniforms. |
Size Guide — Women's Scrub Tops
Sizing is not consistent between brands — a Cherokee medium fits differently to a Dickies medium, and understanding why before you order prevents returns. The key variable is fabric composition: cotton-rich blends like Dickies EDS Signature have minimal stretch and need to be ordered correctly, while 4-way stretch Cherokee fabrics are more forgiving of minor size variation.
| Brand | Sizing Notes |
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| Dickies EDS Signature | True to size. XS–5XL. Cotton-rich fabric has minimal stretch — order your correct size. If between sizes, stay at your standard size; the fabric softens slightly with washing. Petite length not available on scrub tops — if you're petite, the standard length will sit slightly longer; many petite nurses find this fine for a relaxed tuck-in look. |
| Cherokee Professionals & Infinity | 4-way stretch fabric is forgiving — true to size works for most. XXS–5XL (Professionals), XXS–3XL (Infinity). If between sizes, your standard size will accommodate. The WW665 women's V-neck has a shaped seaming that fits close to the body — if you prefer a looser fit, size up one. |
| Wink W123 | True to size. XS–5XL. Cotton-blend with slight give. The 7-pocket layout adds some front panel volume — if you prefer a close, fitted look, try your standard size. If you prefer a more relaxed fit or are between sizes, size up. Sizing tends to run slightly generous through the body compared to Cherokee. |
| Dickies Balance | Contemporary tailored fit — true to size but the slimmer cut leaves less margin than EDS Signature. If between sizes, size up. The 2-way stretch helps, but this is a fitted style by design. |
Complete Your Uniform
Pair your scrub top with a coordinated bottom from our Women's Scrub Pants range. Cherokee, Dickies and Wink all produce matching tops and pants in the same fabrics and colourways — making it straightforward to build a professional, coordinated set. If you're ordering for a team or hospital ward, matching brand and collection ensures colour consistency across staff, even when individual items are reordered at different times.
Add a professional finish with custom embroidery — names, role titles and clinic logos on most scrub top styles. All embroidery is completed in-house at our Sunshine Coast facility with a 5–7 business day turnaround after artwork approval. For hospital wards and multi-site healthcare groups, visit our Business Orders page or call 1300 661 475 for a quote.
Find Your Women's Scrub Top
Cherokee · Dickies · Wink | XXS–5XL | V-Neck, Mock Wrap & Prints | Free shipping over $250
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